Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: ______________

Read all directions and then answer the questions to the best of your ability.

1. Objective portion

Fill-in the blank- Write the correct answer in the space provided.

1. The description of how fast an object moves is __________________.

2. The rate at which the velocity is changing is __________________.

3. __________________ is how fast and in what direction an object moves.

4. _________________ is an object moving under the influence of the gravitational force only.

Multiple choice- Read the question and circle the letter with the best answer.

5. What is a legitimate unit for describing speed?

a. Days per second
b. Feet per mile
c. Kilometers per meter
d. Kilometers per hour

6. What is the average speed of a car if its total distance covered was 500 km and the time it took
to cover that distance was 25 hours?
a. 20 km/h
b. 45 km/h
c. 525 km/h
d. 12,500 km/h
7. When is the instantaneous velocity the greatest for a ball thrown straight upward off a cliff?
a. Halfway to the highest point
b. Once it has past the thrower off the cliff
c. Right out of the throwers hand
d. When it is at its highest point

8. What is the acceleration of a sprinter if they go from 0 m/s to 8 m/s in 10 seconds?

a. 0.8 m/s2
b. 2 m/s2
c. 18 m/s2
d. 80 m/s2

9. The speedometer of a car moving northward reads 60 km/h. It passes another car travelling
southward at 60 km/h. Do both cars have the same speed? Do they have the same velocity?
a. Same speed, same velocity
b. Same speed, different velocity
c. Different speed, same velocity
d. Different speed, different velocity

10. What is the accepted value for gravitational acceleration?

a. 10 m/s2
b. 10 m/s
c. -10 m/s
d. -10 m/s2

11. As an object falls in free fall the distance it covers in each second
a. Decreases.
b. goes to zero.
c. Increases.
d. stays the same.

12. If car A and B are both going north at 60 mph and the driver of car A looks at car B; how fast
does car B appear to be moving?
a. 0 mph
b. 60 mph
c. 90 mph
d. 120 mph
 13. If car A is going north and car B is going south, both at 60 mph; the driver of car A looks at car B,
how fast does car B appear to be moving?
a. 0 mph
b. 60 mph
c. 90 mph
d. 120 mph

14. What is the velocity of an anvil as it falls to Earth after ten seconds?
a. 1 m/s downward
b. 10 m/s downward
c. 20 m/s downward
d. 100 m/s downward

15. How far will the same anvil have dropped in those 10 seconds?
a. 10 meters
b. 100 meters
c. 500 meters
d. 1000 meters

True or False- If the statement is true, place a “T” in the provided blank. If the statement is false, place
an “F” in the provided blank.

16. ________- Speed is the same as velocity.

17. ________- If a car is driving in a circle at the same speed, then it has constant velocity.

18. ________- The term acceleration refers to speeding up and slowing down.

19. ________- An object in free fall on Earth is only affected by gravity.

20. ________- The speed of an object at a single moment is known as average speed.
Essay- Read the following problem. Solve for the variable and show all work to receive credit. Once you
have solved the problem provide at least three sentences explaining why your answer makes sense.

21. If a ball is dropped of the empire state building and it is going 60 m/s, how far has the ball
travelled.
 2. Performance-based portion

Instructions-

1. Come up with an experiment that would demonstrate understanding of one of the topics that
we went over (relative motion, speed, velocity, acceleration, and free fall).
2. This should include:
a. Which topic you are testing.
b. A drawing of the setup for the experiment and list of materials with labels and an
explanation describing movement.
c. How the data should be arranged when collected (Ex. table, graph).
d. How the data should be analyzed to see the topic you chose at work.